14 DAY TRIAL // Google has released yet another update for its Chrome web browser, this time around one aimed at the beta channel. Following a series of weeks when the updates have been released with a range of fixes and improvements only for the dev channel, the new flavor for the beta channel, 3.0.195.24, brings a few fixes to the table, including one related to some crashes.
The release notes for Google Chrome 3.0.195.24 Beta include: - A fix to two significant history related crashing bugs. - A fix where PAC scripts would fail to parse if they ended with a comment and no new line. -Corrected an issue where tabs would flash, for a split second, if multiple tabs were opened at the same time. - Fixed an issue which prevented proper logins to CNET. The new Google Chrome 3.0.195.24 Beta follows the 3.0.195.20 beta flavor that became available for download a little less than three weeks ago, which was released for the Windows Beta channel only. The 3.0.195.20 Beta update came to users with better international support and with a series of stability / bug fixes for the New Tab page.
As stated above, the new release for the Beta Channel follows a series of updates targeted only at the dev channel, the latest of which has been available for download since September 24 (4.0.212.1 for Macintosh and 4.0.213.1 for Windows and Linux). One might have believed that Google has maintained a focus only on one of the channels, yet it seems that updates are being pushed to other flavors of the web browser too.
The Mountain View-based search giant has had a rather busy year with the evolution of its own open-source browser, which is available for download at the moment in three stable versions, namely 1.0.154.65, 2.0.172.43 and 3.0.195.21. All currently available versions of Google Chrome for Windows-based computers, including the stable ones, as well as those for the beta and dev channels, are available for download from Softpedia via this link.